Bluebell season meetup?

Roen

We don't bite Bella_Blue_Star, well I do but don't let that stop you. And welcome along by the way!

nilhg

Bella_Blue_Star wrote: »

Hi,
I've just joined Boards - and would love to come on the photo expedition tomorrow. The bluebell pics are great. Are you open to newcomers???

You are more than welcocome along Bella_Blue_Star, I'm not sure how big of an expedition its going to be, but no matter, and it looks as if the weather should be reasonable.

PM me and I will reply with my number.

Bella_Blue_Star

Thanks!
I have no idea where this place is - but how hard can it be to find it! I'll have a look on Google Earth - or just the AA roadmap. See you tomorrow.
Beware of biters!

City-Exile

I have to get some shots in Wicklow & might head to Glendalough afterwards.
Look forward to seeing everyone's results tomorrow.

GristlyEnd

I should be coming along. Where abouts in Rathangan are we meeting? I've never been there so don't know how big it is.

nilhg

Looks as if it will be a select few, probably best to meet in the town, if you come in from the Dublin side come over the bridge and then left up the town. there is a chipper called Sorrento at the top of the town, there should be plenty of parking there.

I'll PM you my number.

nilhg

Well poor old Rathangan musn't rate very highly in the photography stakes, one by one everybody dropped out.......

Anyway I had a very pleasant couple of hours in the woods, on a beautiful day, in the middle of bluebells, wild garlic, butterflies, bumble bees and all sorts of other bugs.




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The bluebells are at their peak now and the wild garlic will last for a week or so more.

Roen

Fantastic stuff Nilhg, they just don't seem to have done their thing down in the Sunny South East at all.

bovril

great shots Nilhg, the garlic has really come out from the week before. There was only a tiny bit of it out when I was down there.

Bella_Blue_Star

Hi
Those are fab pics Nihlg.
I made it down in the late afternoon - couldn't resist the temptation once the kids were up to the trip.
My photos aren't up to the same level as yours at all - and I struggled to get the right white balance. In fact, their is a sunny-green cast on faces that I couldn't get rid of. But the bluebells were fab - albeit outshone on the day by the wild garlc.
thanks for the tip re location - what's your next one???

nilhg

*blushes*

Cheers folks, Bella I had a look at yours, very nice, I thought the green one was the one that was uup the night before....

The light was strange, very green coming thorugh the canopy of young beech leaves, I shot in RAW and had to play around quite a lot with the white balance to get it close to where I thought it looked OK, around 5200K and a tint of roughly +50 to +60.

I'm sure there will be a proper* meetup soon, keep an eye out.




*one with more than one attendee

countryjimbo

Nilhg, Ah that's a pity, as I said I had been really looking forward to it.

Your shots are great, particulary like the last one with both Bluebells and Wild Garlic.
IMHO if you cropped or used a different composition in the 2nd last one to exclude the path in the bottom right hand corner it would be better. Give a sense of the flowers going on for ever ....

Catch up with you soon.

Thomas Gee

lovely shots
where are they taken

Slidinginfinity

Quick note, Thomas Gee, check the dates on a thread before posting to it. Last comment on this thread is two years old.